英语词汇redneck的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

redneck. A poor, white, often rowdy southerner, usually one from a rural area. The word, which is sometimes deroga- tory, has its origins in the sunburned necks of farmers and outdoor laborers, and originally meant a poor farmer. “A redneck is by no means to be confused with ‘po’ whites,” wrote Jonathan Daniels in A Southerner Discusses the South (1938): “Poor white men in the South are by no means all po’ white even in the hills. Lincoln and Jackson came from a southern folk the back of whose necks were ridged and red from labor in the sun.” Another source claims that in the 1930s striking West Virginia coal miners wore red bandanas around their necks and were called “The Redneck Army.” See poor white.

词汇	redneck
词源	redneck. A poor, white, often rowdy southerner, usually one from a rural area. The word, which is sometimes deroga- tory, has its origins in the sunburned necks of farmers and outdoor laborers, and originally meant a poor farmer. “A redneck is by no means to be confused with ‘po’ whites,” wrote Jonathan Daniels in A Southerner Discusses the South (1938): “Poor white men in the South are by no means all po’ white even in the hills. Lincoln and Jackson came from a southern folk the back of whose necks were ridged and red from labor in the sun.” Another source claims that in the 1930s striking West Virginia coal miners wore red bandanas around their necks and were called “The Redneck Army.” See poor white.
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